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4,504fi. That the term "leaseby negotiation" contained in Article2 of the Treaty respecting South Manchuria and Eastern InnerMongolia signed this day shall be understood to imply a long-termlease of not more than thirty years and also the possibility of itsunconditional renewal.7. That the Chinese Authorities will notify the Japanese Consulof the police laws and ordinances and the taxation to which Japanesesubjects shall submit according to Article 5 of the Treaty respectingSouth Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia signed this day so usto come to an understanding with him before their enforcement.8. That, inasmuch as preparations have to be made regardingArticles and 2, o of the :>, Treaty respecting South Manchuria andEastern Inner Mongolia signed this day, the Chinese Governmentproposes that the operation of the said Articles be postponed for aperiod of three months beginning from the date of the signing of thesaid Treaty.,). That if in future the Hanyehping Company and the .Japanesecapitalists agree upon co-operation. the Chinese Government, in viewof the intimate relations subsisting between the Japanese capitalistsand the said Company, will forthwith give its permission. TheChinese Government further agrees not to confiscate the saidCompany, nor without the consent of the Japanese capitalists toconvert it into a state enterprise, nor cause it to borrow and useforeign capital other than Japanese.The Chinese Government also assured the Japanese Governmenton the same date that it had given no permission to foreign nationsto construct on the coast of Fukien Province dockyards, coalingstations for military use, national bases, or to set up other militaryestablishments; nor does it entertain any intention of borrowingforeign capital for the purpose of setting up the above-mentionedestablishments.All the above documents were signed in behalf of China by theMinister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Lou Tseng-tsiang, aRoman Catholic, and inbehalf of Japan by the Japanese Minister,His Excellency. Eki Hioki.

APPENDIXTHE DEfi^AND OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT OF THERIGHT OF PROPAGATING BUDDHISM IN CHINAAND CHINA S REPLYThe original twenty-one demand*, presented to PresidentYuan Shih-kai on the 18th of January, 1JM5, by Mr. Eki Hioki, the.Iapane.se Minister in Peking, contained under Group V the followingtwo articles, which are of .special interest to missionaries:a. Japanese hospitals, churches and schools in the interior ofChina shall he granted the right of owning land."b. "China agrees that Japanese subjects shall have the right ofpropagating Buddhism in China. 1In an official statement, presented to Japan on May 7th, 1915,after the Ultimatum to China had been delivered in person by theJapanese Minister in Peking, the Chinese Government declared thatthe above demands were an infringement on China s sovereignrights, and endangered the future friendly feeling between the twonations.The official statement reads as follows :"The two articles relating to the acquisition of land for schools,hospitals, and temples, as well as to the right of missionarypropaganda, would, in the opinion of the Chinese Government, havepresented grave obstacles to the consolidation of the friendly feelingsubsisting between the two people. The religions of the two countriesare identical and therefore the need for a missionary propaganda tobe carried on in China by Japan does not exist. The natural rivalrybetween Chinese and .Japanese followers of the same faith wouldtend to create incessant disputes and friction. Whereas Westernmissionaries live apart from the Chinese communities amongst whichthey labour, Japanese monks would live with the Chinese; and thesimilarity of their physical characteristics, their religious garb, andtheir habits of life would render itimpossible to distinguish them forpurposes of affording the protection which the Japanese Governmentwould require should be extended to them under the system of extraterritoriality now obtaining in China. Moreover, a general apprehension exists amongst the Chinese people that these peculiar conditionsfavouring conspiracies for political purposes might be taken advantageof by some unscrupulousChinese."BA (ti

APPENDIXTHE DEfi^AND OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT OF THERIGHT OF PROPAGATING BUDDHISM IN CHINAAND CHINA S REPLYThe original twenty-one demand*, presented to PresidentYuan Shih-kai on the 18th of January, 1JM5, by Mr. Eki Hioki, the.Iapane.se Minister in Peking, contained under Group V the followingtwo articles, which are of .special interest to missionaries:a. Japanese hospitals, churches and schools in the interior ofChina shall he granted the right of owning land."b. "China agrees that Japanese subjects shall have the right ofpropagating Buddhism in China. 1In an official statement, presented to Japan on May 7th, 1915,after the Ultimatum to China had been delivered in person by theJapanese Minister in Peking, the Chinese Government declared thatthe above demands were an infringement on China s sovereignrights, and endangered the future friendly feeling between the twonations.The official statement reads as follows :"The two articles relating to the acquisition of land for schools,hospitals, and temples, as well as to the right of missionarypropaganda, would, in the opinion of the Chinese Government, havepresented grave obstacles to the consolidation of the friendly feelingsubsisting between the two people. The religions of the two countriesare identical and therefore the need for a missionary propaganda tobe carried on in China by Japan does not exist. The natural rivalrybetween Chinese and .Japanese followers of the same faith wouldtend to create incessant disputes and friction. Whereas Westernmissionaries live apart from the Chinese communities amongst whichthey labour, Japanese monks would live with the Chinese; and thesimilarity of their physical characteristics, their religious garb, andtheir habits of life would render itimpossible to distinguish them forpurposes of affording the protection which the Japanese Governmentwould require should be extended to them under the system of extraterritoriality now obtaining in China. Moreover, a general apprehension exists amongst the Chinese people that these peculiar conditionsfavouring conspiracies for political purposes might be taken advantageof by some unscrupulousChinese."BA (ti

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